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diff --git a/util/check-format.pl b/util/check-format.pl
index 5b31cacad7..2bbf7e7c54 100755
--- a/util/check-format.pl
+++ b/util/check-format.pl
@@ -1074,7 +1074,9 @@ while (<>) { # loop over all lines of all input files
         $hanging_offset = 0; # compensate for this in case macro ends, e.g., as 'while (0)'
     }
 
-    unless (m/^\s*$/) { # not essentially empty line: just whitespace (and maybe a '\')
+    if (m/^\s*$/) { # essentially empty line: just whitespace (and maybe a '\')
+            report("empty line at beginnig of file") if $line == 1;
+    } else {
         if ($line_before > 0) {
             my $linediff = $line - $line_before - 1;
             report("$linediff empty lines before") if $linediff > 1;